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The candelabra of the andes

595 feet from top to bottom and visible far out at sea. What was the purpose behind this strange geoglyph?

One of the most engimatic giant ground drawings (or "geoglyphs")
in South America is seen best from several miles out at sea. Etched
into a sloping hill at Pisco Bay on the Peruvian coast, this strange
figure looks vaguely like a candlestick; thus, its name "The
Candelabra of the Andes." The Candelabra is 595 feet long
and can be seen from as far as 12 miles out to sea. Pottery found
near the figure has been carbondated at 200 BC and is assignable
to the Paracas Culture. Separated by 130 miles from the Nazca
Plain, with its famed giant figures, the Candelabra apparently
is not the work of the Nazca people. It is puzzling why
that such a figure would be placed where it could be seen best
by sailors. As with Costa Rica's stone spheres, the Candelabra's
makers, purpose, and symbology are in doubt.

The Pisco geoglyph really doesn't match the motifs in our books
on South American archeology. Some archeologists say it is only
a trident, but who ever saw a trident like this? F. Joseph, the
author of the present article, thinks it looks like a Jimson weed!
Furthermore, he states that there is a miniature version of the
Candelabra drawn on a rock in California's Cleveland National
Forest. Joseph associates the two candelabras in this way: The
ancient inhabitants of Peru voyaged to California to collect Jimson
weed and other hallucinatory drugs. When they sailed back to Peru
with their cargo, they used the Pisco geoglyph as a navigational
aid! (Joseph, Frank; "The Candelabra of the Andes," The Ancient American, 2:10, no. 10, 1995.)